The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-11
A CIRCUS GREEN ROOM.
TENT LIFE AS IT EXISTS een'No
TIE RED CURTAIN.
mo,lev and Cosmopolitan Array J" '"'
nr...Ing Rooms-Indian Performers
mn. Are Too Much I'm Larnest-fn'
niovcs of "A Circus.


Moves Of "A Circus.
The performers sitting arou"u W." ~
In, ore a cosmopolitan lot
Ne,ivc Americans. Yankees, wild "es'ei ,.e''
- Indian half breeds Germans "'''
-. south Americans, English oco,'n'
~. ana CONSERVATIVES from all the nalloi'
ls..,tineutal Europe, excepting only RUSSIA
a.,d Turkey How they manage 20 i've
80 in re,ce and harmony Is more th"h
49,. can unite understand, but quaircs are
-. among them They are great Boosters
,,ra,er tbess circus performers, ana orc"
go, i'm friendly contests Of skill or Strength
,n1.ark mo their prctensi0ns, and even a. we
- a.. veteran, Of the ring is showing DIS com
,oniou. how be- used o. balance himself WINE
standing ON his head in midar Many Oh
these men are an round performers A,u .,.
while young advancing years ana ialil"s
strength Of .uvp.eness have c"nilt"eu ~ ~
f. cut out their work according 10 ''''
phvsical ability Thus they take vi
one thing after another, leIili,ici'''.'
sticking % the business. ana "iihs u,
a. dog tralner 40 80 week II ln'5
cannot tumble NJ $50 ride pad at CIV
ordo the bareback 40 500 % SD 'iICw
performers nre essentially luuetanis Np'
only are they continually travelling from one
CITY 70 another. but they visit nearly aI lno
counirie. Of the earth After performer mas
made the rounds Of America for tw0 OF three
season. he finds 10 advantageous % MAKE d
TIM 20 Europe, thus avoiding "nnt j. ieiile'
"wearing OUT with the cirru, gong lunilC-
Three ont ~ four of these mon can speak
four languages. aud some Of them t"ic, ina'
number. The general idea Is that circus per
formers are di,s0lute lot But this ls inis
take Canvasmen and bin posters may be
la afflicted d the use Of red eye and inclined
70 engage I'm free fights with country toughs
a.. with themselves. but the performers are
ouite different. They look down upon the
boilers and helpers as actors look upon stage
hands. and associato but little with them
Tie inces,ant demands Of his profession upon
iis time and strength are So great that the
average performer finds dissipation well nigh
impossible Perhaps a majority of the artists
save money each season, and many Of them
are men Of family, owning houses in lneh
native country.
Notwithstanding the better opportunity Tor
rest and sleep afforded by railway trans
portation. show life is anything but pay, as
is quickly discovered by the silly boys who
run away from home 20 "f0l9w Tie circus.
Even the performers. excepting only O very
few, are required 70 play many parts in tne
circus day, appearing five or SIX times IN tine
ring during an afternoon, and an equal mum
Der Of times, Of course during The evening.
This means ten or dozen changes oi costume,
these changes 70 be made in hurry, ana
often while standing upon wet cold ground
with ranst0rm heating upon the tent over
head. and the temperature as chilling IS O
lakeshOre May day.
There Is a ladies dressing room, too-a
smaller tent wherein q score II w0m.n parade
riders and performers, gather 90 prepare
themselves for the public eye. OF course Do
masculine feet arr allowed 10 enter tnest
sacred prccnts, hut press agent Day sei1e
the opportunity % impress upon bis listeners
mind the fact that all circus women ore
ladies, aud that they are az all times carefully
protected from insults Just as soon az
lady performer begins % develop IN hc
specialtv her services become valuable O.
somebody, and that somebody sees that she il
taken care o. Contrary % the general inn
preston, almost improbable safeguards are
thrown abou. the persons IT women who earn
their livelihood in circuses, differing widely
a, tbi. ,asr.aot from the conditions met with
- ~. 80
ms ,vi Iout the dressing room. AMI near
the curtain through which The performers
mola tbeir entrances and exits /, atented
onteroon, Here tine performers gather ip
erours to o,yair tb.ir cau Here Clio trained
bor.os are lrourht % DE canari.0u.l f0. tlciI
-. i..,'r. tl.. o,,,.i.,,1. Alalv IN
''iIL ,irhts and s,nnolos and with api,.t of
,.ai,,, ~, I,s,. f.r. ,c. n.r ,yav dainty owen
The tprf =. ,l,o entrance and stand. l..-ii. the
norse She i. soon torii,. lelsur.y reading o
fashion naror. Another paus ., fora moment
T. hush i.r lal.s cries bvroII.ug The wee
thing in ID, mothers bosom Scar ly SITS the
nlacid opl .s.rfa.led wardrobe woman. sow.
a., s,,.,,...+ D., rant -,rnort rnfninlful Of tht
r.s,i.,- house. trenif.i,. near her and seeming
not ,,l....,. ,l.. ...,.f,,- and shout. and shot.
nf,l..,,i,.,i.. Indian lattio roinr ON iu the
- Tan, sI.,nl ,l oho,. her become
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